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Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities: Hydropolitics in East Africa / Martinon, C.A. Mumma
The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable role. Almost 60% of Africa lies within shared rivers and lake basins [...]
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd; 2010 - 282p.
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The Contribution of people's participation: Evidence from 121 rural water supply projects / Narayan, Deepa
The study is based on systematic quantitative and qualitative analysis of 121 rural water supply funded by many different water supply agencies in countries throughout the developing world. The analysis consistently shows that beneficiary participation was more significant than any other factor in achieving functional water systems and in building [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 108p.
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Evaluating water institution and water sector performances / Saleth, R. Maria
This study develops an analytical framework to identify various layers of institutional inter-linkages and institution-performance linkages evident in the process of institutional-performance interaction within the water sector. The study then evaluates the layers of linkages using perception-based cross-country data. Both the analytical and empiri [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 93p., Ref.
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Management of water resources: bulk water pricing in Brazil / Asad, Muisa
This document compares analytical work done on Brazil with the experience of bulk water pricing in other countries to arrive at practical recommendations for determining fair bulk water pricing in Brazil. Adequate pricing of bulk water is critical to ensure efficient allocation of water, and to properly fund the maintenance and operation costs invo [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 116p.
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Identification of joint management structures for shares. Aquifers: a cooperative palestinian - Israeli effort / Feitelson, Eran
This study analyzes the mechanisms for identifying possible crossboundary groundwater management regimes, and provides an approach for building joint management institutions. On the basis of a five-year cooperative project by Palestinian and Israeli researchers, the study first describes the process by which the joint management institutions were i [...]
World Bank; 1998 - 28p.
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International water courses: enhancing cooperation and managing conflict - proceedings of a World Bank seminar / Salman, Salman M. A
Over 245 river basins are shared by two or more states. About 40 percent of the world population and 50 percent of its land are either dependent on or stand to benefit from the waters available in these basins. For the most part, the uses of international waterways by the respective riparian states are carried out peacefully in spite of the lack of [...]
World Bank; 1998 - 223p., Index
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Toward a financially sustainable irrigation system: lessons from the State of Victoria, Australia, 1984-1994 / Langford, K. John
Significant reform took place in the Victorian irrigation industry in the decade 1984 to 1994. This reform has positioned irrigated agriculture to take advantage of emerging international markets while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base on which irrigation depends. The overall strategy was to improve the profitability of irrigation [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 95p.
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Integrated lake and reservoir management: World Bank approach and exprience / Ayres, Wendy S
This paper describes the challenges of managing lakes and reservoirs and the Bank's support of these activities. Specifically, it addresses water pollution, water withdrawals, diversions and lake reclamation; disturbances in watersheds; inappropriate introduction of exotic species; and overfishing. To alleviate the pressure on these water bodies, t [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 29p., Bibliogr.
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Feedback links between Economy wide and farm-level Policies with Application to Irrigation Water Management in Morocco / Roe, Terry
The authors focus on policy interventions for improving irrigation water allocation decisions by including both macro and micro considerations in a unified analytical computable general equilibrium (CGE) framework. The approach is demonstrated, using the case of Morocco, by analyzing selected policy (top-down and bottom-up) interventions and extern [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 35p; Ref.
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Institutionnal and policy analysis of River Basin Management: the Murray Darling river basin, Australia / Blomquist, William
The authors describe and analyze management in the Murray-Darling basin of Australia, long regarded as a model for integrated river basin management. This interior basin of over 1 million km2 in semi-arid southeastern Australia is defined by the catchment areas of the Murray and Darling Rivers and their tributaries. Water management issues include [...]
World Bank; 2005 - 37p.; Ref
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Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management, the Fraser River Basin, Canada / Blomquist, William
The authors describe and analyze a nongovernmental, multi-stakeholder, consensus-based approach to river basin management in the Fraser River basin in Canada. The Fraser River drains 238,000 km2 of British Columbia, supporting nearly 3 million residents and a diverse economy. Water management issues include water quality and allocation, flood prote [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 34p; Ref.
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Water resources in the Asia-Pacific Region: managing scarcity / Rosegrant, Mark W.
IFPRI; 1996 -
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Water allocation and water markets: an analysis of gains from trade in Chile / Hearne, Robert R.
This paper is intended to reinforce the World Bank's overall effort to improve the management of natural resources and to highlight the importance of water resources in particular. The paper focuses on water allocation problems and the performance of water markets in improving allocation. By examining specific case studies in Chile, one of the few [...]
The World Bank; 1995 - 75p.
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Design and Operation of Smallholder Irrigation in South Asia / Campbell, Donald
A large amount of research has been carried out and a considerable body of literature has been generated on the socio-economic features of smallholder irrigation, in particular, as well as the technical aspects of irrigation, in general. However, the problems of applying such technology to smallholder irrigation are less well covered. This paper pr [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 120p.
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Does decentralization increase responsiveness to local needs? Evidence from Bolivia / Faguet, Jean-Paul
Bolivia’s recent decentralization involved the creation of hundreds of new municipalities, devolution of substantial resources from central agencies to local governments, and the development of innovative institutions of local governance. Detailed study of investment sector-by-sector shows that objective indicators of need are the most important [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 44p., Bibliogr.
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Do state holding companies facilitate private participation in the water sector? Evidene from Côte d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Guinea and Senegal / Kerf, Michel
When the Gambia, Guinea, and Senegal decided to involve the private sector in the provision of water services, they also established state holding companies - state-owned entities with exclusive or partial responsibilities for: a) owning infrastructure assets; b) planning and financing investments (replacing assets and expanding networks); c) regul [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 33p., Ref.
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Institutions, politics and contracts: The attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru / Alcazar, Lorena
The main reason Lima failed to implement a concession was geographical: the scarcity of water sources meant high marginal costs, partly for pumping water from deep wells and building adequate storage for dry periods. High extraction costs were compounded by years of neglect; much of the system needed to be replaced. Attracting private investors mea [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 56p., Ref.
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Principles and practices for dealing with water resources issues / Frederiksen, Harald D.
The dominant water resources issues and the principles and practices proven effective in dealing with the issues have been placed in four categories: institutional; long-term management and planning; real-time management and operations; and financial. Such an arrangement provides a perspective for examining issues across all economic sectors and al [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 40p., Bibliogr.
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The Buenos Aires water concession / Alcazar, Lorena
The signing of a concession contract for the Buenos Aires water and sanitation system in December 1992, attracted worldwide attention, and caused considerable controversy in Argentina. It was one of the world's largest concessions, but the case was also interesting for other reasons. The concession was implemented rapidly, in contrast with slow imp [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 62p., Ref.
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Valuing water for Chinese industries: a marginal productivity assessment / Wang, Hua
Using plant-level data on more than 1000 Chinese industrial plants, the authors estimate a production function treating capital, labor, water, and raw material as inputs to industrial production. They then estimate the marginal productivity of water based on the estimated production function. Using the marginal productivity approach to valuing wate [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 22p., Bibliogr.
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